Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco or upcoming New York City office location 4 days per week; Lambda's designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.
What You'll DoAs Counsel, Corporate Finance at Lambda, you will perform a broad range of debt finance and capital formation legal work. You'll be a legal partner to Corporate Development, Capital Markets, Finance and Treasury for designing, negotiating and administering Lambda's capital formation strategy and debt stack - the financing engine behind our GPU deployments and AI data center expansion. You'll also collaborate with our Data Center and Commercial teams where data center and/or customer arrangements intersect with financing. You will report to Lambda's Associate General Counsel, Strategic Finance and Partnerships.
- Finance Strategy & Transactions:
- Manage legal workstreams for credit facilities and other complex financing structures, including term loans and revolvers, SPV/bankruptcy-remote financings, equipment financing/leases, asset-backed loans, project financings, and real estate financings, with a particular focus on facilities deployed against Lambda's GPU fleet and AI data center buildouts.
- Draft, review, and negotiate documents (e.g., term sheets, credit agreements, guarantees, security agreements, intercreditor/subordination agreements, commitment letters, fee letters, and amendments/waivers).
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders (Corporate Development, Capital Markets, FP&A, Treasury, Accounting, Tax, Executive team and others) and manage outside counsel to drive efficiently to signing and close.
- Debt Administration & Compliance:
- In collaboration with crossfunctional partners, build and own a lender deliverables and compliance calendar; prepare and/or review periodic compliance certificates, officer's certificates and required information packages.
- Maintain the collateral and lender reporting package - collateral coverage, lien perfection and account control hygiene, insurance compliance, financial covenant calculations, and rating agency materials.
- Manage ongoing consent, waiver and amendment workstreams, and proactively flag covenant and lender-approval implications of contemplated business actions.
- Process Improvement: Monitor legal and market developments affecting GPU and data center financing; create playbooks, templates, trackers, and closing checklists; streamline financing processes, covenant monitoring, and data room hygiene.
- As-Needed Legal Support: Collaborate on related corporate, finance, data center infrastructure or tax matters that intersect with capital formation and debt financing; pitch in on special projects as priorities evolve.
You- JD from an accredited law school and admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (New York or California bar preferred or in-house registration).
- 4+ yearsof law firm experience (in-house experience a plus) with demonstrated strength in supporting complex debt finance transactions and secured transactions.
- Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder closings and running diligence processes.
- Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills, with an ability to balance legal risk against business and commercial objectives - particularly in financings where legal terms shape operating mechanics (collateral identification, customer-contract interfaces, deployment cadence).
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; adept at collaborating with stakeholders at all levels.
- Proactive mindset, meticulous attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Nice to Have- Direct experience on GPU or AI compute financing transactions (e.g., asset-backed or SPV-level facilities collateralized by GPU assets).
- Project finance, asset-based lending and equipment financing exposure, ideally in AI infrastructure, digital infrastructure, or other capital-intensive tech.
- Experience advising late-stage private or pre-IPO companies.
Salary Range InformationThe annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
